Inciting change in secondary English language programs :
[Book]
the case of Cherry High School
Marilee Coles-Ritchie.
Basingstoke
Palgrave Macmillan
2009
212 Seiten).
Secondary education in a changing world
Originally published in: 2009.
Introduction: Can we blame the teachers? * Community Context: Change is in the air * Contradictory Discourse among teachers, administration and the state: "Let's have a more inclusive school culture, which assimilates all students." * Teachers' discursive realignment * Language Ideologies at Cherry High School * Teachers as agents of school change * Secondary Education and English Learners: We've got work to do * Epilogue: Cherry High School Now
This book follows a group of teachers who worked to create a program that supported their students' native languages and funds of knowledge, finding that structures within the school and discourses from other teachers, administrators, and the nation/community both constrained/enabled the teachers to create an equitable learning environment.
English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Foreign speakers.
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Teaching of students with English as a second language (TESOL)